On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: >> The actual correct collation, assuming(!) surname-first collation and >> Latin character ordering(!!), is: >> due to where the surname is located in various cultures. > Is it a good idea to sort on the ordering of the sender's culture? If > the ordering is to be useful for the human user, it should be > according the receiver's culture, no? My answer to this question is "yes to all of the above". That is, a truly correct collation uses knowledge of both the sender's culture *AND* the receiver's culture; and the ways that these interact are not necessarily obvious. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. Si vis pacem, para bellum. _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf